History of the American Revolution: With a Preliminary View of the Character and Principles of the Colonists, and Their Controversies with Great BritainN. Hickman, 1834 - 372 páginas |
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... prepare an abstract of some one of the larger histories of the American Revolution , in a more compact form than any which he had met with in his own reading . The object was to present a convenient volume , which should embrace all the ...
... prepare an abstract of some one of the larger histories of the American Revolution , in a more compact form than any which he had met with in his own reading . The object was to present a convenient volume , which should embrace all the ...
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... prepare a new unlimited field for its nurture and growth . Just when the wants of civilized man most seemed to need it , -when the pressure of antiquated misrule was most heavily felt , and no practicable scheme of relief on the spot of ...
... prepare a new unlimited field for its nurture and growth . Just when the wants of civilized man most seemed to need it , -when the pressure of antiquated misrule was most heavily felt , and no practicable scheme of relief on the spot of ...
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... prepared the world for the very changes they deplored . The explanation of this apparent anomaly , instead of disproving the inherent sympathy between know- ledge and freedom , gives an eminent proof of their affinity , under all ...
... prepared the world for the very changes they deplored . The explanation of this apparent anomaly , instead of disproving the inherent sympathy between know- ledge and freedom , gives an eminent proof of their affinity , under all ...
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... prepare whole nations , not only to conquer and establish , but to un- derstand and enjoy their rights . The co - operation of knowledge and civilization , with fortune , or Providence , in this work of human regenera- tion , may not ...
... prepare whole nations , not only to conquer and establish , but to un- derstand and enjoy their rights . The co - operation of knowledge and civilization , with fortune , or Providence , in this work of human regenera- tion , may not ...
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... prepared for the hand of some master spirit , labouring with almost divine philanthropy for the good of the species ; or for some happy conjuncture of events to call forth its dormant powers into spontaneous action . Thenceforward ...
... prepared for the hand of some master spirit , labouring with almost divine philanthropy for the good of the species ; or for some happy conjuncture of events to call forth its dormant powers into spontaneous action . Thenceforward ...
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